Hovelty-holdek



P. D. SCARBOROUGH.

NOVELTY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NE 11, 1919.

1,326,099. Patented Dec. 23; 1919.

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PLUMIVIER DOUGLAS SCARBOROUGH, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

N OVELTY-I-IOLDER.

'will enable others skilled in the art to which.

it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the class of card, picture and sign exhibiting stands and more particularly to an improved supporter for envelops on display cards, which is attachable to fit the size ofthe display novelty so as to support packages of headache powders, corn plasters, perfumes and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a supporter which can be stamped from a blank section of material and bent to .provide tapered or pointed piercing portions designed to be pushed through the display card so as to be securely held in position for supporting the article or novelty to be displayed.

With the above objects and others in view as will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention comprises certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out and claimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying "drawings forming a part of this application,

wherein like characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improved supporter in use, a

a triangular section of suitable material 7 such as tin, nickel, wood or the like but preferably tin. The sides 11 of the triangular plate or blank are considerably longer than the base edge 12, thus providing a tapered or pointed piercing end 13 at the apex thereof.

Stamped. from the plate is, a tongue or bur 14: which is shaped similarly to the' plate, that is the sides or side edges'15 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application filed June 11, 1919. Serial No. 303,359.

thereohare substantially parallel to the sides or side edges 11, thus providing a tapered piercing end or point 16 extending in the same direction as the end 13. The base of the substantially triangular bur or tongue is unsevered as shown at 17 and on a line connecting the base ends of the sides produced by the V-shaped incision or cut in the plate, the tongue is bent downwardly at an acute angle as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the d 'awings. V

The opposed edges 11 are provided with a series oi V-shaped notches 18 with the walls thereof disposed toward the end 13 arranged in alined transverse series or in aliucment so that lines connecting the apexes thereof will lie parallel to the 12. These notches are thus equidistantlyspaced apart and extend throughout a greater portion of the lengths of the sides 11 beginning at the end portion 13.

1 Thus, the device may be applied to a display card or easel 19 having the usual support 20 by pushing or passing the end portions 18 and 16 through the display card near the top thereof so that the plate proper will lie substantially horizontal -while the tongue 1% will extend downwardly at an acute angle and brace the supporter in position for holding novelties or the like. The device may be made in various sizes as needed and obviously, may be very cheaply manufactured by reason of being stamped from sheet material or a resilient or other nature. The tongue effectively holds the device in position and the notches prevent withdrawal of the plate when the card is once pierced,-due to the flexibility and pliable nature of the card itself.

It should also be noted that the edge portion at the base 12 is bent or turned up wardly as shown at 12 in order to retain the device may be arranged to support any desired number of envelops or packets ac cording to the degree at which the device is forced through the display card and held against displacement as heretofore described. Furthermore, the turned-up edge 12 may be employed for printing thereon suitable advertising matter or other indicia,

such as the rnztnufacturefis name or the like.

What is claimed is 1. A. supporter of the class described C0111- prisino a triangular plate of flexible ma terial raving a V-shaped incision forming a tapered tongue extending in the same direction as the tapered end of the plate and bendable at its base portion, said plate having means to prevent Withdrawal thereof when pushed through a display card.

2. A supporter comprising a tapered plate of sheet material having notches in the sides thereof forming retaining nieans and a tapered tongue stamped in the plate.

3. A supporter -for novelties on display cards comprising a triangular plate of resilient metal having a- V-shaped out forming a tapered tongue of substantially triangular outline with the apex thereoi extending in the direction of the apex of the plate and its sides substantially parallel to the sides of the plate, said tongue being bendable at its base portion from the plate to extend at an acute angle with respect thereto and the opposed sides of the plate having spaced notches, common sides of which are in alineinent and parallel to the base of the plate.

l. The combination with an easel oi paste board, of a supporter comprising a lll'lElIlgL1 lar. plate and a tapered tongue extending at acute angles from the plate, the side edges of the plate having opposed pairs of notches extending from the tapered end of the plate throughout a greater portion of the lengths of said sides and with opposed pairs equidistantly spaced "from said end whereby when said end and tongue are pushe d through the card, the supporter Will be held. from displacement.

5. A. holc er of the class described comprising a tapered plate having a turned-up edge and a tongue stamped from the plate to extend downwardly at an angle, said plate having means to prevent its displace ment when passed through a display card together with said tongue.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

PLUMMER DOUGLAS SCARBOROUGH. llitnesses:

EUGENE O. POWELL,

G-no 1V. JAoKsoN. 

